Ship to Shore News
from Mrs. Faber's class!
02/03/12
"I don't believe in miracles. I rely on them."
Author Unknown
Headlines:
Happy Catholic Schools Week!
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy January Birthday to Freddie and Clare, Happy Birthday to you!
Our Class Contract:
1. We will follow the Golden Rule.
2. We will keep our hands and feet to ourselves.
3. We will use our manners.
4. We will follow directions.
5. We will have fun!
Communications: This week we read the story,Pumpkin Fiesta.
We are learning about singular forms of words and we are also learning about how to make words possessive.
We completed our final drafts this week! The research projects look AMAZING! The students will be sharing their project next week!
Our spelling skill this week is compound words.
Our spelling test will be on Monday. *Remember, there are no spelling words to memorize. The students are exposed to the words throughout the week. We want your child to learn the skill and apply their knowledge. As we go through the year the skills will become more challenging.
Math: We started our flexible math groups this week! The students are loving it! They are learning about telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour.
Social Studies: This week we are incorporating our learning about countries while doing our research papers.
Religion: This week we learned about the seven sacraments.
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Art: We had Art Adventure today. We learned about African masks and a Lakota dress. The students made beaded pins. They look beautiful!
Looking ahead:
Catholic Schools' Week is next week!
I Love to Read Month starts on 2/1!
February and August Birthday lunch with Mrs. Kerr is on 2/ 7.
Magazine Drive kick off is on 2/10.
Ash Wednesday prayer service is at 10:00 on 2/22. The second graders lead this service.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
The best way to reach me is by email. I am able to pop over to my desk frequently throughout the day to check my email. I only check my voicemail in the morning before school begins. Please allow me 24 hours to respond to your concerns, however I am usually able to respond before that time period.
If there is an emergency over the weekend and you need to contact me, my personal email is heatherhumphreyfaber@gmail.com
I will always try to be here by 8:30 in the morning. If you need to meet with me, or need to pop in to ask a question, this is the best time to meet with me.
Please do not drop your child off earlier than 9:40. Often we have meetings in the mornings or I am running around making copies, etc. They cannot be in the school unsupervised. Thank you for your support!
Awesome Links!
Math:
XtraMath
Brain Nook
Go Go News
Kids in the House
American Rhetoric
Read Kiddo Read
Websites of great authors!
http://www.studystack.com/
http://http://www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp/
Link to Spelling City! http://
http://www.usmint.gov/kids
SPECIALS:
Monday: spanish and phy. ed.
Tuesday: music and library
Wednesday: spanish and phy. ed.
Thursday: music
Friday: phy. ed.
